Agile Alchemy

Enhancing physical and mental agility with the Alchemy of eugeroics (the class of stimulants that produce long-lasting mental arousal). We report on current research from reputable sources.

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Monday, April 24, 2006

Narcolepsy Drug Eyed for Cocaine Users - Yahoo! News

Modafinil continues to find new uses betond its original expectation.

Narcolepsy Drug Eyed for Cocaine Users - Yahoo! News: "he hottest topic in cocaine addiction is another drug — a medicine already sold to wake up narcoleptics.
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Hundreds of cocaine users are testing whether that legal pill, called modafinil, could help them kick the addiction, and there's early evidence that it may.

In addition to blunting cocaine's notorious cravings, modafinil might also counter the damage that cocaine wreaks on users' brain circuits — damage that in turn fuels the cycle of addiction."